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Making Kilopixel X-Ray Microcalorimeter Arrays a Reality

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Author(s)

William B. Doriese, Megan E. Eckart

Abstract

To enable unprecedented imaging X-ray spectroscopy, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are developing arrays of high-resolution microcalorimeters and their readout.
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SPIE Newsroom

Keywords

transition-edge sensor, microcalorimeter, SQUID multiplexer, X-ray astronomy

Citation

Doriese, W. and Eckart, M. (2009), Making Kilopixel X-Ray Microcalorimeter Arrays a Reality, SPIE Newsroom, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901345, http://spie.org/x1004.xml (Accessed October 14, 2024)

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Created February 9, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017